Chapter One: Dodgeball and Time-Travel

Leila Iverson and Keenan Harris are two friendless middle schoolers who had never spoken before fate brought them together.
After bonding over their shared bullying experiences, they devise an escape plan that involves wishing under a Leonid shower and being transported to a different era with entirely new families.

While adjusting to their new surroundings, their new families relentlessly question them about the death of a cow and the changes in their behaviors until they're forced to cut their visit short. Despite Keenan's warnings, Leila develops feelings for a boy in her class, leaving Keenan with an impossible decision: abandon Leila in 1990 or give up hope of ever seeing his family again.